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Origin of Alps-size Antarctic mountain range unknown
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Oct 15, 2008 |
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A U.S.-led, multinational team of scientists this month will investigate one of the Earth's last major unexplored places, using sophisticated airborne radar and ground-based seismologic tools to virtually peel away more than ...
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New species of butterfly discoverd
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Dec 20, 2007 |
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A team of London-based explorers discovered a new species of butterfly in the northern reaches of the Andes mountain range in South America.
Transhumance helps vulture conservation
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Segovia and the University of León have shown for the first time the close space-time relationship between the presence of the griffon vulture and transhumant sheep ...
New bird found on unexplored mountain
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Oct 05, 2006 |
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A new bird species has been discovered on an unexplored mountain range in northern Colombia.
Yucca Mountain: Good spot for nuke waste?
Dec 06, 2007 |
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A U.S. government study suggests the proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive waste repository in Nevada is arguably the best location for such storage.
Mountain caribou's ancient ancestry revealed
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more distinct breed than scientists previously believed, according to a new study by University of Calgary researchers that is ...
And the mountain moved: Scientists study how Heart Mountain shifted
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2006 |
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"Moving mountains" has come to mean doing the impossible. Yet at least once in the past, one mountain relocated a fair distance away. This feat took place around 50 million years ago, in the area of the present-day border ...
Mysterious mountain dino may be a new species
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 12, 2008 |
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A partial dinosaur skeleton unearthed in 1971 from a remote British Columbia site is the first ever found in Canadian mountains and may represent a new species, according to a recent examination by a University ...
Tanzanian survey reveals new species
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Jun 22, 2006 |
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Field surveys of Tanzania's Rubeho Mountains have discovered more than 160 animal species -- including a new species of frog and 11 endemic species.
Mountain ranges rise much more rapidly than geologists expected
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Jun 05, 2008 |
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Mountains may experience a "growth spurt" that can double their heights in as little as two to four million years—several times faster than the prevailing tectonic theory suggests.
Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungus
May 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. The dense forest of this tiny British ...
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